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Railroad Covers continued...
LotNo. Symbol CatNo. Lot Description
581   image[Illinois] CHI. ILL. CLARK ST. & LINC. AVE., R.P.O., TR.1, virtually complete Streetcar c.d.s., Apr 30 (1896), on a locally addressed 1¢ postal card (UX9), Very Fine.
Towle CH-2-a, RF VIII. (Image)

Suggested Bid $250-350
CLOSED
Will close during Public Auction
582   image[Indiana] NEW ALBANY & SALEM, R. R., choice strike of a Sep 13 (1855) c.d.s. ties a bottom sheet margin 3¢ dull red (11) on a cover to Paoli, Ind.; with original letter datelined Bedford, Sep 11; stain at the upper left affecting the stamp, reduced slightly at the left, otherwise Very Fine. A gorgeous strike of this exceedingly rare route agent's marking.
Towle 655-A-1, RF X. (Image)

Suggested Bid $750-1,000
SOLD for $900.00
Will close during Public Auction
583   image[Iowa] DUBUQUE & PACIFIC, R. R., mostly clear Jul 5 c.d.s. with a pen-canceled 3¢ dull red (26) on a cover to Dubuque; Waterloo, Iowa Attorney's corner card; reduced somewhat at the right, Fine to Very Fine.
Towle 759-A-2, IX. (Image)

Suggested Bid $500-750
SOLD for $500.00
Will close during Public Auction
584 751-S-1, RF VI image[Iowa] CENTRAL IOWA RY./NEWBURG (Towle 751-S-1, RF VI), two virtually complete strikes of the negative oval in green, one of which ties a cork-canceled 3¢ green (158) on a cover to Alfred, Me. with a mostly illegible "(…)WATER" town cancel at the lower left, Very Fine. This marking is not previously recorded in green. (Image)

Get Market Data for [United States 751-S-1, RF VI]

Suggested Bid $250-350
SOLD for $475.00
Will close during Public Auction
585   image[Iowa] DES M. VALLEY R.R., clear Oct 12 c.d.s. duplexed with a fancy boxed "S" killer on the right side of a cover to Warsaw, N.Y.; franked at the left with a slightly defective 3¢ green (158) tied by a second strike of just the killer portion of the duplex; couple minor edge tears, otherwise Very Fine, Ex-Towle.
Towle 757-B-3, RF V. (Image)

Suggested Bid $200-300
SOLD for $180.00
Will close during Public Auction
586   image[Kansas] K. C. & SANTA FE, R. R., Very Fine Jan 17 c.d.s. with a bold circle-of-wedges killer tying a 3¢ green (207) on an Edgerton, Kans. Druggist's corner card cover to Lawrence, Kans.; reduced somewhat at the right, otherwise Very Fine.
Towle 909-AE-1, RF VIII. (Image)

Suggested Bid $300-400
SOLD for $225.00
Will close during Public Auction
587   image[Maine] PENOBSCOT & KEN. R. R., Very Fine May 28 c.d.s. ties a 3¢ brownish carmine (26) on a clean cover to Upper Gloucester, Me.
Towle 4-I-1, RF VII. (Image)

Suggested Bid $200-300
SOLD for $110.00
Will close during Public Auction
588   image[Massachusetts] BOSTON & BRIGHTON, R.P.O., bold Jun 26 Streetcar c.d.s. with a cork-canceled 2¢ rose carmine(279Bc) on a cover to Detroit, Mich.; on the reverse are two faint strikes of an unlisted blue "SYRACUSE & DETROIT R.P.O./Tr. 31." double circle datestamp, Jun 27, 1899; small, barely noticeable stain at the upper left, otherwise Very Fine.
Towle BO-1-a, RF VII. (Image) (Image2)

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Suggested Bid $200-300
CLOSED
Will close during Public Auction
589   image[Massachusetts] BOSTON & ROXBURY, R.P.O., Very Fine Streetcar c.d.s., Aug 13, 1899, beside an Aug 12 BOS. PROV. & N.Y. c.d.s. on the reverse of a Special Delivery cover from Meriden, Ct. to Roxbury, Mass. franked with a 2¢ carmine & a 10¢ Special Delivery (267, E5) tied by an Aug 12 Meriden flag cancel and bearing a Postal Telegraph-Cable Co. logo corner card; reduced at the right clipping part of the 2¢ stamp, otherwise Very Fine.
Towle BO-3-a, RF VIII. (Image) (Image2)

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Suggested Bid $300-400
SOLD for $350.00
Will close during Public Auction
590   image[Massachusetts] BOSTON & SOMERVILLE, R.P.O., clear Streetcar "BPO" duplex, Jun 18, 1905, ties a 2¢ Shield (319) on a Camp Katahdin & Rangeley Club corner card cover to Providence, R.I., Fine to Very Fine, Ex-Willard.
Towle BO-7-d, RF VIII. (Image)

Suggested Bid $200-300
CLOSED
Will close during Public Auction
591   image[Michigan] MIC. CENTRAL R. R./Mic., choice strike of a 34.5mm Sep 4 c.d.s. ties a four-margin 3¢ orange brown (10A) on a folded letter to Kennebunkport, Me., Very Fine. The stamp has been plated by Chase as 58L1L.
Towle 610-A-3, RF VIII. (Image)

Get Market Data for [United States 10A]

Suggested Bid $300-400
SOLD for $300.00
Will close during Public Auction
592   image[Michigan] MICH. SOUTHERN, R. R., Very Fine blue Feb 17 c.d.s. ties a 3½-margin 3¢ orange brown (10A) on an embossed Hudson, Mich. Jeweler/Stationer's corner card cover to Ypsilanti, Mich.; stamp with a small tear at the lower right, otherwise Very Fine.
Towle 559-C-1, RF VII. (Image)

Get Market Data for [United States 10A]

Suggested Bid $200-300
SOLD for $275.00
Will close during Public Auction
593   image[Minnesota] "N P R R / Nov 3 73", bold manuscript postmark ties a pen-canceled, slightly damaged 3¢ green (158) on a clean cover to Homer, Minn.; docketed at the upper left, contemporaneous "doodling" on the reverse, Very Fine. The listing example.
Towle 985-C-1, RF VIII. (Image) (Image2)

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Suggested Bid $300-400
SOLD for $160.00
Will close during Public Auction
594   image[Minnesota] NORTHERN PACIFIC R.R./HOBART., two strikes of a double circle datestamp, Dec 5, 1872, one nearly complete, the other about half complete, with a clear purple manuscript "N. P. R. R. Dec 5" and a matching pen-canceled, slightly damaged 3¢ green (147) on a cover to Groton, N.Y.; reduced just a bit at the left, Fine to Very Fine. An unrecorded Minnesota station agent's marking plus a marvelous example of the rare Northern Pacific route agent's marking.
Towle 985-C-var. + Unlisted. (Image)

Suggested Bid $750-1,000
CLOSED
Will close during Public Auction
595   image[Missouri] EXPOSITION R.P.O., ST. LOUIS, MO., Very Fine "RMS" duplex, Oct 29, 1904, ties a 1¢ Louisiana Purchase commemorative (323) on an Official Cupples Exposition postcard to Blanchester, O.; card pictures the Palace of Transportation and has an additional Oct 29 "Exposition Station" machine cancel at the upper right; minor corner bends, Very Fine.
Towle 831-E-1, RF VIII. (Image) (Image2)

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Suggested Bid $300-400
SOLD for $250.00
Will close during Public Auction
596   image[Missouri, Kansas] K. C. & SANTA FE, R. R., perfectly struck May 22 c.d.s. with a neat segmented grid killer (not a "sunburst" as per Towle) ties a 3¢ green (158) on a very clean cover to Carrollton, Ill.; reduced very slightly at the right, Extremely Fine.
Towle 909-AE-1, RF VIII. (Image)

Suggested Bid $300-400
SOLD for $250.00
Will close during Public Auction
597   image[Missouri] EXPOSITION R.P.O., ST. LOUIS, MO., Very Fine slightly doubled "RMS" duplex, Sep 9, 1904, ties a c2300 on an Exposition postcard to Punxatawney, Pa.; with a Sep 11 Punxatawney receiver at the lower left; card Pictorials the Palace of Machinery with the message, "Doing the Pike every day."; minor corner bend, Fine to Very Fine.
Towle 831-E-1, RF VIII. (Image) (Image2)

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Suggested Bid $250-350
SOLD for $200.00
Will close during Public Auction
598   image[Missouri] EXPOSITION R.P.O., ST. LOUIS, MO., mostly clear, slightly doubled "RMS" duplex, Oct 15, 1904, ties a 1¢ green (300) on an Official Cupples Exposition postcard to Matawan, N.J. and "Missent to Madison, N.J." with Oct 17 Madison and Matawan receivers at the left; card pictures the Palace of Transportation and has an additional Oct 15 "Exposition Station" machine cancel at the upper right; minor corner bends, Fine to Very Fine.
Towle 831-E-1, RF VIII. (Image) (Image2)

image

Suggested Bid $250-350
CLOSED
Will close during Public Auction
599   image[Montana Territory] TERMINUS N. P. R. R./WEST MONTANA, clear red straightline handstamp on a 3¢ green entire (U164) with a printed Wells Fargo frank and canceled by a purple Montana "pinwheel" duplex, Feb 11, 1883, with the town name not quite legible (it is not Terminus); to Butte City, Mont. with a manuscript return address of "Thomson River (Missoula Co.), Montana", Very Fine. A rare Northern Pacific station agent's marking, listed by Towle only in black.
Towle 892-S-1, RF IX. (Image)

Suggested Bid $500-750
SOLD for $275.00
Will close during Public Auction
600   image[Montana Territory] UNION PACIFIC/RAILWAY/RED ROCK, MON., perfectly struck blue straightline datestamp, Jun 13, 1881, on a 1¢ postal card (UX5) to Salem City, Idaho; card is a partly-printed parcel card headed "Utah & Northern Railway" with handstamped "Red Rock, Mont." Station name, Very Fine. A very rare, previously unrecorded Union Pacific station agent's marking, the Union Pacific taking over operation of the defunct Utah & Northern.
Towle 932-S-7, RF VIII.

This marking is listed as Red Rock Canon (Wyoming Territory) with the notation "Location of this station has not been established". The listing must have been created from a not-quite-clear strike and an incorrect assumption made, because the station name is clearly Red Rock MON. (Image)

Suggested Bid $350-500
SOLD for $275.00
Will close during Public Auction

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